Dell Inspiron 1100 Inspiron 5100 and 5150 Owner's Manual - Page 84
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www.dell.com | support.dell.com Drive Problems NOTE: For information on saving files to a floppy disk, see the Tell Me How help file. To access the help file, see page 80. If you cannot save a file to a floppy drive E N S U R E T H A T W I N D O W S ® R E C O G N I Z E S T H E D R I V E - Click the Start button and click My Computer. If the drive is not listed, perform a full scan with your antivirus software to check for and remove viruses. Viruses can sometimes prevent Windows from recognizing the drive. Insert a bootable disk and restart the computer. Verify that the light is blinking, indicating normal operation. E N S U R E T H A T T H E D I S K I S N O T W R I T E - P R O T E C T E D - You cannot save data to a write-protected disk. See the following figure. write-protected not writeprotected back of floppy disk TR Y A N O T H E R F L O P P Y D I S K - Insert another disk to eliminate the possibility that the original disk is defective. RECONNECT THE DRIVE - 1 Save and close any open files, exit any open programs, and shut down the computer. 2 Disconnect and reconnect the drive 3 Turn on the computer. C L E A N T H E D R IV E - See "Cleaning Your Computer" in the Tell Me How help file for instructions. To access the help file, see page 80. 84 So l vi n g Pro b l em s